Legal Opinion

Monk v. American General Insurance

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided January 31, 1962No. 9659PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AYRES, Judge.

Plaintiff, by this action, sought to recover of his former employer and its insurer workmen’s compensation at the statutory maximum rate as for total and permanent disability. The court concluded, however, that, while plaintiff was totally disabled, such disability was only of a temporary character and, accordingly, awarded plaintiff compensation for the period of his disability — not, however, to exceed 300 weeks. From a judgment thus rendered and signed, defendants appealed.

The defendants assign as errors the action of the trial court in finding(1) that plaintiff sustained…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Guillory v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
  2. Williams v. Martin Timber Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1959

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Harris v. Argonaut Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
  2. Carter v. Bituminous Casualty Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
  3. Thomas v. Form-Crete Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1970

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